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Chuck Lorre | Bill Prady

Johnny Galecki

Jim Parsons

Kaley Cuoco

Simon Helberg

Kunal Nayyar

United States

Faye Oshima Belyeu

Mark Cendrowski | Peter Chakos | Anthony Joseph Rich

September 24, 2007 – present

"The History of Everything"

Katee Sackhoff | Charlie Sheen

AFI Awards, USA

2009 Won AFI TV Award AFI TV Programme of the Year Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady

Art Directors Guild

2010 Nominated Excellence in Production Design Award Episode of a Multi-Camera Variety, or Unscripted Series John Shaffner (production designer); Francoise Cherry-Cohen (assistant art director); Ann Shea (set decorator) for: episode "The Adhesive Duck Deficiency"

2009 Nominated Excellence in Production Design Award Episode of a Multi-Camera Television Series John Shaffner (production designer); Francoise Cherry-Cohen (set designer); Ann Shea (set decorator) for: episode "The Peanut Reaction"

Banff Television Festival

2008 Nominated Banff Rockie Award Best Comedy Program Chuck Lorre, James Burrows & Bill Prady for: episode 'Pilot' (USA)

Emmy Awards

2011 Won Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Jim Parsons

2011 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Ann Shea (set decorator); Francoise Cherry-Cohen (Art Director); John Shaffner (production designer) for: episodes: "The Love Car Displacement," "The 21-Second Excitation," and "The Agreement Dissection."

2011 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Comedy Series Eric Kaplan (co-executive producer); Lee Aronsohn, Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Bill Prady (executive producers); Faye Oshima Belyeu & Steve Holland (producers); Jim Reynolds & Peter Chakos (superising producers); David Goetsch (co-executive producer)

2011 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Johnny Galecki

2011 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (Single or Multi-Camera) Peter Chakos (editor) for: episode "The Agreement Dissection"

2010 Won Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Jim Parsons (CBS)

2010 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series John Shaffner (production designer); Ann Shea (set decorator) (CBS) for: episodes "The Gothowitz Deviation", "The Adhesive Duck Deficiency"

2010 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Christine Baranski (CBS) for: episode "The Maternal Congruence" for: playing "Beverly Hofstadter"

2010 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-prosthetic) Peggy Nichols (department head makeup artist); Ken Diaz & Vikki McCarter (additional makeup artists) (CBS) for: episode "The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation"

2010 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series John Pierre Dechene, James Hitchcock, Richard Price, Armstrong, Brian 'Army' & Devin Atwood (camera operators); John O'Brien (video control) (CBS) for: episode "The Adhesive Duck Deficiency"

2009 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series John Shaffner (production designer); Ann Shea (set decorator) (CBS) for: episodes "The Hofstadter Isotope", "The Vegas Renormalization" and "The Lizard-Spock Expansion"

2009 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Christine Baranski (CBS) for: playing "Beverly Hofstadter" for: episode "The Maternal Capacitance"

2009 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Jim Parsons (CBS)

Golden Globes, USA

2011 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy Jim Parsons

2011 Won Golden Globe Nominated Golden Globe Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

People’s Choice Awards

2010 Won People's Choice Award Favorite TV Comedy

Satellite Awards

2010 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical Jim Parsons

2009 Nominated Satellite Award Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical Jim Parsons

2009 Nominated Satellite Award Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical

TV Guide Awards

2011 Won TV Guide Award Favorite Comedy Series

TV Quick Awards, UK

2010 Nominated TV Quick Award Best Comedy Series Bill Prady, Chuck Lorre & Steven Molaro

Teen Choice Awards

2011 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actor: Comedy Jim Parsons

2011 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actress: Comedy Kaley Cuoco

2011 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice TV Show: Comedy

2010 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actor: Comedy Jim Parsons

2010 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actress: Comedy Kaley Cuoco

2010 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice TV Show: Comedy

2010 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer Johnny Galecki

2010 Nominated Teen Choice Award Choice TV: Male Scene Stealer Simon Helberg

Television Critics Association Awards

2010 Nominated TCA Award Individual Achievement in Comedy Jim Parsons

2010 Nominated TCA Award Outstanding Achievement in Comedy

2009 Won TCA Award Individual Achievement in Comedy Jim Parsons

2009 Won TCA Award Outstanding Achievement in Comedy

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The Big Bang Theory (or TBBT) is an American situation comedy, which premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007. The show is created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. The series is about two socially inept prodigies in their 20s who are living across the hall from a beautiful, socially adept girl with an average intellect.


It is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions, and taped in front of a live studio audience.

Raj's inability to talk to women except when drunk is based on an old coworker of executive producer Bill Prady when he worked at a computer company.

The names of all the episodes relate to various scientific terminology, and even bear relation to the events of the episode.

Sheldon: I'm not insane! My mother had me tested!

Leonard: Why did you just flash freeze a banana?
Leslie: I'm having it with my cereal and I couldn't find a knife.

Half the fun in this outlandishly funny sitcom is that Penny is so spacey that she doesn't appear to recognize what hard-core nerds Leonard and Sheldon really are--even the presence in their bathroom of Luke Skywalker No-More-Tears Shampoo doesn't tip her off. Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin of The Miami Herald.

A nice combination of brains and belly laughs and a solid addition to the CBS comedy block on Monday nights. Reviewed by: Barry Garon of The Hollywood Reporter.

This is a comedy that does what it's supposed to do, which is to make you smile and giggle at the appropriate points. Be that as it may, the pilot never ascends beyond the level of being cute and nice. Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland of Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

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